Collier County Publishing Co., Inc. v. Chapman

318 So.2d 492 (1975)

COLLIER COUNTY PUBLISHING CO., INC., Appellant,

v.

Benjamin F. CHAPMAN, Appellee.

No. 74-327.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 5, 1975.

Carroll, Vega, Brown & Nichols, Naples, and Julian D. Clarkson, Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, for appellant.

Charles R. Holley, Naples, for appellee.

GRIMES, Judge.

Appellant (newspaper) appeals a final judgment in a libel action entered in favor of appellee, hereinafter called plaintiff. The facts as alleged and established at trial are summarized as follows:

During February, 1973, plaintiff was the…